Parti-colored leather



Patented Dec. 25, 1934 v j n I UNITED-(STATES "PATE T "orncs No Drawing. Application January 2 7, "1932 Serial"No.-589,316' 1 2 Claims. (o1. ei-ss).

Y My invention. relates tothe manufacture of imperfectionsin thejskinitself, or imperfections parti -colored leather, and comprises an improved resulting from prior coloring operations hidden.

method of applying an insoluble parti-colored more"specificjobjectpf' my invention is'to coating'to the surface of a chrome or otherwise provide a methodofmanuf'acturlng parti-colored tannedhide or skin"which may be subsequently skins involving the application of two or more glazed in a mannerpreciselysimilarto the method colors to thejsurf'acebf the same, usually the of glazing of ordinary kid skins. grain surface.whichsubsequently'may be glazed. While the application offan insoluble coating to My processfconsists' in the application to a a leathersurface,,such as] ahide "or skin, may tanned skin 'of various coats of different and carriedoutin'otherways, I'have developed differently colored mat'erials and in subjecting n) "aQmethod'i of, imparting ,a parti colored coating rsucl skins to a definit process v of treatment. My to ,thejsurface of the hidejorj skin that partakes process begins at the time the hides or skins are of ,,a stippled orfmottled efiect. In practice, 'a gompletelytanned and are ready for any'suitable ground colorof'a light 'or pastel, or, in some inm use, priorto the glazing step. {laking such ma- 1:) stances, white shade, isapplied to thes'urface 'terial, whichl will behereinafterre'ferred" to as is of theskini j. Thejglfound coating isof. any suitskins wliichfln'iay be chrome or otherwise "able light or white'pigment'dissolved'in casein, fjtanne'dgth 'te'pin my pr'ocess istoiwhiten and it may be brushed upon'thsurfaize of the prli coatpn or both' surfacesfoffthe skin skin onappliedbymeans of a pad, or in any way with a"suitablewhlte"or light pigment carried thatwfll lnsure'the application of a solid, even by or in solution in a casein medium. If desired, 20

tone of a light or white color or shade. Upon pigments other than white may be used and the the surface thus prepared I spatter a contrasting base coat may be a suitable dye and not necesshade or color in dots or drops in a fairlyeven sarily a pigment dissolved in a casein'base.

manner, for which purpose Imay use an air brush A coating of this material may be spread over of usual type. This spattering or stippling is apone or both sides of the skin in any suitable man- 25 plied to the skin over the entire surface of the ner as by the use of a brush, pad, swab or the same, preferably in a series of applications imlike, and such color may then be leveled, i. e., mediately succeeding each other. brought to a single tonal effect, by the further Parti-colored leathers are suitable and desirable application of a solution of the pigment of the for numerous purposes and parti-colored kid or desired tone, by means of an air brush. Option- 30 sheep skin is particularly applicable for use as a ally, the. skin may be dipped in a dye vat. I thus lining for the inner heel portions of shoes in a form upon one or both sides of the skin a base color which supplements or contrasts with the coating or background of a single color which may color of the leather or skin from which the shoe be any tone or shade suitable for the purpose, is made, particularly when such shoes or slippers preferably light, or any shade or tone demanded 35 are made from the skins of reptiles such as lizards, by the trade. snakes, alligators, and/or the like. Such lining After the base coating has completely dried, I skins or leathers have heretofore been of one the skin is subjected to a plurality of coating steps color, shade or tone. Due to numerous reasons, in which a contrasting color (darker on light 0 a large number of skins when colored in the usual grounds and lighter on dark grounds) is applied 40 or ordinary manner are imperfect from the colorto the ground color or shade. This second coating point of view while still suitable for many ing application, which is the first coating deuses when the quality of the skin is considered. signed to produce the mottled effect, is prefer- Similarly, many skins which cannot be colored ably applied with an air brush or spray gun, in suitably in one tone or shade, due to imperfecsuch manner that the contrastingv color appears 45 tions in the skin or for other reasons, would be upon the base or ground coat as a mass of fine highly suitable for various purposes if they could dots or spots of relatively minute size which may be colored or ornamented in a manner that would range from that of a pin point up to 3 in dihide the imperfections. ameter. The pigment of the contrasting color One object of my invention is to provide a coating thus applied, similarly to that of the 50 novel method or process of making parti-colored base or ground coat, should be carried by or dishides or skins. solved in a casein medium, but, under some cir- A further object of my invention is to. provide cumstances and for some conditions it may be a a method of parti-coloring skins in such a mandye, or other coloring material. ner that a mottled efiect may be obtained and Immediately upon the completion ofthe appli- 55 cation of one such stippled or dotted coating to the entire surface of the skin operated upon, a second similar stippled or dotted coating is applied, followed by as many as three or four other coating applications depending upon the amount of covering desired. In all instances a plurality of stippled or dotted coatings are applied. Each of these coatings should be successively applied over the entire surface of the skin and before the preceding coating is entirely dry; my practice being to start at one point of the skin; the upper left hand corner, for instance, and as soon as one coating has been applied, tostart'the second from the same point, and so on until the final coating has been applied. The 'dots or spots of the successive coating applications tend to run together quite promiscuously over the coated surface and this tendency of the dots or spots to run together, governed by the consistency of the coating body, its drying speed, the speed of its application, etc., determines the number of dotted or stippled coatings to jbev applied. In practice it, is desirable to only apply suflicient coatings to 'causethe dots to partially run together in anything but a regular manner and always in a way that 'will allow the base topartially be seen or grin through the dotted. surface; the dotted coat- ,ings thus applied creating a mottled effect. If

too many stippled or dotted coatings are applied,

of course, the skin [will have aflcomplete covering of the contrasting color and the base or ground coat willnot appear. v V

' Upon completing the application to the skins of the lastdotted coating of the contrastingcolvoringmaterial, the skin is allowed to After the skins are completely dry they may befglazed fin the/usual.manner.v '.As a final step, they-may be made perfectly fiat byjpressure between the heated plates of a hydraulic press or in any other suitable and satisfactory manner.

Various modifications may be made in the above-described embodiment of my invention thoroughly dry, spattering a plurality of coats of a colored pigment contrasting with the color of the base pigment in a multiplicity of spots or dots over theentire surface of the base coat whereby the base coat shows through the subsequent spattering coats in a plurality of places and presents a mottled appearance, allowing the spattered coats to dry, glazing thecoloredsurface of the skin, and thereafter subjecting the lmottled skin to pressure between hot plates.

2. The method of making parti-colored skins which comprises completely tanning the skin to produce leathergapplying to the entire surface of such completelyitannedskin a basel coat of a casein-held pigment light :in' color, allowing "said base coat to thoroughly dry,,spattering a plurality of coats of adark colored pigment'over the light base ina multiplicity of spots or dots over the entire surface of the base coat whereby the latter shows through the subsequent spattering coats in a plurality of places and presents a mottled appearance, allowing the spattered coats to dry,'glazing the coloredsurfaceof the skin, and 1 thereafter subjecting vthe mottled skin to pressure between hot plates. 1

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